Comparison

YapSpot vs Obiit

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

YapSpot

This app allows users to listen to and create live audio broadcasts from around the world. Users can join or create public or private groups, discover broadcasters, and reply to broadcasts. It also features speech-to-text for reading transcripts.

Highlights
  • Global live audio broadcasts
  • Create public/private groups
  • Speech-to-text transcripts
  • Discover and reply to broadcasters
  • Location-based scanning range
  • Listen, reply, like, and share
Features
Read full description

Picture this: you're walking through a park you've passed a hundred times. This time, your phone buzzes — softly, automatically, no tapping required — and a stranger's voice starts telling you about the day they proposed on that exact bench, twenty years ago. You keep walking. A block later, another voice picks up: a local teenager's rant about the best taco truck in the city, left right where it's parked. That's YapSpot. Every place has stories. We just never got to hear them — until now. YapSpot lets you record your voice and pin it to the exact spot you're standing in. Anyone who later passes within range hears it automatically — playback is continuous, like a music stream, no searching or tapping required. It's the audio equivalent of graffiti: temporary or permanent, public or private, left for whoever walks by next. Think Twitter/X, meets CB radio, meets Maps. Every pin is a voice. Patented. US Patent 9305020.

About

Obiit

Features
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Obiit lets you keep the memory of the people you lost right in your pocket and allows you to share when their memory springs to mind. If a person you once knew is not yet on Obiit, you can create a page for them yourself, so your thoughts of them will not be alone.

Screenshots

YapSpot4 screens
Obiit3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Obiit at none against YapSpot's 1. Obiit also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). YapSpot's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. YapSpot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Obiit asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YapSpot ships an update every 4 days, Obiit every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
YapSpot versus Obiit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYapSpotObiit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDan JacobyTimo Hofmeijer

In-app purchases

1 purchases

YapSpot

One-time1
  • Create your own custom channel$0.99
None

Obiit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is YapSpot free?
YapSpot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Obiit free?
Obiit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do YapSpot or Obiit have ads?
Neither YapSpot nor Obiit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, YapSpot or Obiit?
YapSpot ships an update every 4 days, and Obiit every 3 weeks. Most recently, YapSpot was updated on September 29, 2026 and Obiit on October 6, 2026.

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